TORONTO ARCHERY LESSONSAs unusual exercises and bizarre sports go, Underwater Archery should certainly rank up there.
It is certainly feasibly to do, but the range a person can achieve accuracy, the speed of the arrow, and even visibility is significantly reduced.
The problem is that the density of the water (as opposed to air) slows the arrows down significantly, so the distance a person can shoot is immediately hampered during the release, and the arrow slows quickly.
The usable range would be similar or less than a speargun or harpoon gun, which have an operational range of about 10 meters.
So do people compete at Underwater Archery?
Nope, not yet.
Could someone organize an Underwater Archery tournament? Probably someone could do it as a joke. It would be more amusing than anything else.
It doesn't make sense for fishing either. Bowfishing is easier to do from the surface when you are shooting at fish that are in relatively shallow water, that way the arrows are not slowed down too much upon impact.
As demonstrated below Underwater Archery is mostly for the purposes of photography.
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